Between the Popular and the Erudite: Contributions of Ariano Suassuna's Entremezes to the Consolidation of Modern Brazilian Theater and the Formation of Brazilian Cultural Identity

• Grant number: 24/16229-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2024
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Arts - Theatre
• Principal Investigator: Francisco Claudio Alves Marques
• Grantee: Cassio Bitencourt de Oliveira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research project aims to analyze two intermesses by ArianoSuassuna produced in the 1950s - Torturas de um Coração ou Em BocaFechada Não Entra Mosquito (1951) and O Homem da Vaca e o Poder daFortuna (1958) -, with a view to identifying the contributions of these plays. forthe consolidation of modern Brazilian theater and the understanding of the roleof armorial aesthetics in the process of formation of Brazilian cultural identity.